Getting Ahead

By

Kevin Voigt Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 6, 2001 12:01 a.m. ET

Stressed? Join the club.

After all, there's plenty of reason to fret: Demand for senior executives is down 14% from last year in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Korn/Ferry International. Work hours in the region average more than 50 hours per week, among the highest in the world. A world-wide survey by Arbora-Global Career Partners, a group of 25 career-management firms, polled 1,400 managers and executives world-wide and found...